着眼于中期选举和2024年，许多共和党议员——包括许多潜在的总统候选人——在本周末于拉斯维加斯举行的共和党犹太联盟年度领导人会议上发表了讲话。大多数人称之为过去一周的选举结果期中考试期间将要发生的事情的象征。

众议院少数党领袖众议员凯文·麦卡锡周六表示:“随着我们的前进，迹象很明显，趋势也不会错。”。“共和党的浪潮正在进行。”

与会者旨在确保共和党的优势持续到2024年总统选举，可能的候选人在没有明确说明其意图的情况下陈述自己的观点。

“很多人来这里试镜，”皇家莎士比亚剧团的林赛·格雷厄姆周六晚上说。

佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯、新泽西州前州长克里斯·克里斯蒂、前大使妮基·黑利、佛罗里达州参议员里克·斯科特、南达科他州州长克里斯蒂·诺姆、得克萨斯州参议员特德·克鲁兹和前副总统迈克·彭斯都在活动上发言。会议还播放了前总统唐纳德·特朗普的视频信息。

“我们将赢回众议院。我们将赢回参议院，”特朗普在视频讲话中说。“我们将在2024年赢回这座美丽的白色建筑，有时也被称为白宫。”

尽管弗吉尼亚州长当选人格伦·扬金与特朗普保持一定距离，拉斯维加斯的大多数演讲者都极力支持特朗普。

克鲁兹周五在喧闹的掌声中说:“特朗普总统最可取的特点——这个人有钢铁般的脊梁，他不会退缩。“在多年来共和党人害怕自己的影子之后，我们庆祝一位愿意站出来战斗的领导人是有原因的。”

“谁将成为(2024年的)提名人?我不知道，但我知道这一点，唐纳德·特朗普是一个糟糕的总统，”格雷厄姆说。

周五晚上，全国共和党参议院委员会主席斯科特告诉美国广播公司新闻，特朗普将“尽一切努力”帮助共和党在2022年控制国会两院。根据比赛的不同，这可能意味着退后。

斯科特说:“你应该听候选人的，因为他们知道自己的州，知道自己的种族。“所以你应该让他们知道你应该如何参与，这是任何人，包括NRSC。”

周六，共和党全国委员会主席罗纳·麦克丹尼尔告诉与会者，在他们关心的问题上联系选民，向选民展示一个团结的政党，是赢得更多选举的关键。

共和党犹太联盟

南达科他州州长克里斯蒂·诺姆是2024年总统竞选人之一

共和党犹太联盟会议通常以外交政策为中心，比如与以色列和该地区其他国家的关系。前副总统迈克·彭斯在很大程度上吹捧了特朗普政府在以色列问题上取得的成就，包括将美国大使馆迁至耶路撒冷。

“在特朗普-彭斯政府时期，如果全世界什么都不知道，那这个世界就知道了。美国与以色列站在一起，”彭斯说。“我们的政府能够采取历史性的步骤来加强美国人民和犹太国家以色列之间的联系。”

除了美以关系之外，这一次在年会上，人们对国内问题给予了极大的关注。

谈论最多的问题之一是教学所谓的临界种族理论在学校，这个话题已经成为保守派圈子里的一个热点。每个发言人在发言中都提到了批判性种族理论，有些人，比如海莉，称之为“自由主义灌输”

“我们明年有中期选举，赌注高得不能再高了，”她周六说。“这些选举关系到我们是否停止社会主义，捍卫我们的边界，恢复财政理智，让自由主义思想从我们的学校中消失。”

诺姆说:“我们正在关注批判性种族理论，并在唤醒课程渗透到我们的学区。

反对疫苗授权也是一个经常被提及的话题。

德桑蒂斯谈到了他的反对投票改革，将变革框定为对共和党行使权力能力的威胁。

“他们想让保守的美国人成为二等公民，”德桑蒂斯说。“他们想把我们锁在门外，不让我们行使权力，不让我们行使政策。”

乔·拜登总统的议程，包括他新通过的基础设施计划，也掀起了波澜。与他的竞选方式相比，大多数人认为拜登的议程被进步人士劫持了。在整个事件中，“社会主义”一词被自由地用来描述民主党的议程。

在克里斯蒂周六的讲话中，他提到了自己支持特朗普的记录，但恳求民众放弃试图重新点燃2020年大选的希望。观众对美国广播公司新闻撰稿人克里斯蒂的反应不温不火。

“我们不能再谈论过去和过去的选举。无论你在这个问题上站在什么立场，无论你站在什么立场，都已经结束了，”克里斯蒂说。

Potential 2024 GOP candidates take Election Day victory lap, lean into support of Donald Trump at Jewish Coalition

With an eye on both the midterm elections and 2024, a host of Republican lawmakers -- including many potential presidential contenders -- spoke in Las Vegas at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting this weekend. Most called this past week'selection outcomesa signifier of things to come during midterms.

"As we move forward, the signs are clear and the trends are unmistakable," House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy said Saturday. "A Republican wave is underway."

Attendees aim to ensure that GOP gains continue through 2024’s presidential election, with possible candidates making their case without explicitly stating their intentions.

“A lot of people have come here to audition,” said Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Saturday night.

FloridaGov. Ron DeSantis, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie,formerAmbassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and former Vice President Mike Pence all spoke at the event. The conference also featured a video message from former President Donald Trump.

"We will win back the House. We will win back the Senate," Trump said in his video address. "And we will win back in 2024 that beautiful white building sometimes referred to as the White House."

While there has been no shortage of commentary on the fact that Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkinkept Trump at an arm's length, most of the speakers in Las Vegas leaned hard into their support of Trump.

"President Trump's single most redeeming characteristic -- the man has a steel backbone and he doesn't back down," Cruz said Friday to boisterous applause. "After years of Republicans scared of their own shadows, there's a reason we celebrate a leader who's willing to stand up and fight."

“Who's going to be the nominee [in 2024]? I don't know, but I do know this, that Donald Trump was a hell of a president,” said Graham.

On Friday night, Scott, who is the chair of the National Republican Senate Committee, told ABC News that Trump will do "whatever he can" to help Republicans take control of both chambers of Congress in 2022. Depending on the race, it could mean standing back.

"You should listen to the candidate because they know their state and they know their race," Scott said. "And so you should let them figure out how involved you should be and that's anybody, including the NRSC."

On Saturday, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel told attendees that connecting voters on issues they care about and presenting a united party to the electorate are the keys to winning more elections.

The Republican Jewish Coalition meeting typically centers on foreign policy, like relations with Israel and with other nations in the region. Former Vice President Mike Pence largely touted the accomplishments of the Trump administration as it pertains to Israel, including moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.

“Under the Trump-Pence administration, if the world knew nothing else the world knew this. America stands with Israel,” said Pence. “Our administration was able to take historic steps to strengthen the ties in the American people and the Jewish state of Israel.”

In addition to U.S.-Israeli relations, this time around at the annual meeting there was a great deal of attention paid to domestic issues.

Among the most talked-about issues was teachingso-called critical race theoryin schools, a topic that has emerged as a flashpoint in conservative circles. Every speaker referred to critical race theory during their remarks, with some, like Haley, calling it "liberal indoctrination."

"We've got the midterm elections next year where the stakes couldn't be higher," she said Saturday. "Those elections are about whether we stop socialism, defend our borders, return on fiscal sanity and get the liberal indoctrination out of our schools."

"We're watching critical race theory and during the woke curriculum infiltrate our school districts," Noem said.

Opposition to vaccine mandates was also a frequently mentioned topic.

DeSantis spoke of hisopposition to voting reform, framing changes as a danger to Republican ability to wield power.

"They want to make conservative Americans second-class citizens," said DeSantis. "They want to lock us out from being able to exercise power to be able to exercise policy."

President Joe Biden's agenda, including his newly passed infrastructure plan, also made waves. Most framed Biden's agenda as being hijacked by progressives in comparison to how he campaigned. The word "socialism" was used freely to describe the Democratic agenda throughout the event.

During Christie's remarks Saturday, he cited his record of supporting Trump, but implored the crowd to give up on trying to relitigate the 2020 election. The response from the crowd to Christie, an ABC News contributor, was tepid.

"We can no longer talk about the past and past elections. No matter where you stand on that issue, no matter where you stand, it is over," said Christie.